Rest Day at 14,000 ft

Rob lead the team to the ridge at 16,400 yesterday to put in their last cache before moving up to high camp.  Everyone did great, as they got into some of the steepest climbing on the route.  They clipped into the fixed lines to ascend the last steep icy pitch to the ridgeline of the West Buttress, and continued up the ridge for several hundred feet before digging a hole in the snow to deposit the gear until they return.   

Today they will be taking a rest, sleeping late, and getting ready for the final push to high camp, and on to the summit. 

Rochelle is back in Talkeetna this morning, and Josh is heading back up the mountain in hopes of catching up to his team.